Sissinghurst
Village · 877 residents
68Good
Good · better than 7 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 57 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Environment scores 73, well above the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Sissinghurst
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Sissinghurst a good place to live?
Sissinghurst scores 68/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (77) and environment (73).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Sissinghurst in South East, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Sissinghurst
Sissinghurst is the kind of place where the pavement gives way to hedgerow before you've quite left the last house behind — a scatter of houses and farmsteads rather than a high street, with the sort of quiet that comes from there simply not being many people about. Sixty-odd residents by the count that matters here, a population density that barely registers against the regional average, and a median age pushing fifty tell you this is not a place that hums with young energy. It's settled. People move here once, mostly, and stay.
The practical picture is straightforward rather than convenient. There's one school in the immediate area — Sissinghurst Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary — a small village primary with 173 pupils, and Frittenden Church of England Primary sits close by too, though neither has a published Ofsted rating in the records here, so you'd want to visit rather than trust a grade. There's no rail station to speak of in this dataset, and eight transport stops is a modest number for anyone needing a regular commute rather than an occasional trip out. This is a place for people who've already arranged their working life around not needing to leave often, or who drive as a matter of course.
Housing here plays a different game to the surrounding district. Every sale in the local sample was freehold, terraced homes are the most common type traded, and the median sale price of £550,000 sits comfortably above the national figure and close to a third higher than Tunbridge Wells itself — this is not a bargain corner of Kent, and a "For Sale" board here signals a buyer with equity already behind them, not a first rung on the ladder. Green space is generous relative to the size of the place — six patches amounting to over four and a half hectares for so few residents — which explains the appeal for anyone who wants a garden and a view over a commute. Health provision reads solidly (comfortably above the national mark), and the overall grade sits well above the country's average line, an area with more going for it than against it on paper.